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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">Function search_path</span></h2>
<p>boost::process::search_path</p>
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<div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: &lt;<a class="link" href="../../process/reference.html#header.boost.process.search_path_hpp" title="Header &lt;boost/process/search_path.hpp&gt;">boost/process/search_path.hpp</a>&gt;

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<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">filesystem</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">path</span> 
<span class="identifier">search_path</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">filesystem</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">path</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> filename<span class="special">,</span> 
            <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">filesystem</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">path</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> path <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">this_process</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">path</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre></div>
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<a name="id-1.3.31.9.20.4.4"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>Searches for an executable in path.</p>
<p>filename must be a basename including the file extension. It must not include any directory separators (like a slash). On Windows the file extension may be omitted. The function will then try the various file extensions for executables on Windows to find filename.</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">filename</code></span></p></td>
<td><p>The base of the filename to find</p></td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">path</code></span></p></td>
<td><p>the set of paths to search, defaults to the "PATH" environment variable.</p></td>
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<td><p>the absolute path to the executable filename or an empty string if filename isn't found </p></td>
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